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Bedroom Bach?
Associated PressNEW YORK—There's a new way to get to Carnegie Hall—YouTube, YouTube, YouTube. Borrowing from "American Idol," the online video site announced plans Monday for a YouTube Symphony Orchestra, featuring a collaboration of wannabe musicians with...Tags: Culture, Google Inc., Citizens Initiative and Recall, Classical Music, Popular Music
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Just ignore all the gloomy hype
The dismal retail sales figures are in for Black Friday and the news is . . . good? Wait a minute, the news was supposed to be bad, awful, ghastly, dreadful, etc. Analysts, almost to the person, were predicting that retail sales would decline from last...Tags: Sales, Petroleum Industry, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Michael Lewis, Consumer Electronics Industry
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Hokie pride shines in YouTube video
247-4644Poquoson native Liz McClendon figured once Saturday's Virginia Tech-University of Virginia football game started that her entry in a Tech-sponsored video contest for students hadn't placed. She hadn't heard anything. But at halftime friends started...Tags: Virginia Tech, Colleges and Universities, University of Virginia
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You Tube Symphony, auditions open
There's a new way to get to Carnegie Hall: YouTube, YouTube, YouTube.
Borrowing from "American Idol," the online video site announced plans Monday for a YouTube Symphony Orchestra featuring a collaboration of wannabe musicians with Carnegie Hall,...Tags: Culture, Popular Music, Music Industry, Film Festivals, Carnegie Hall
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Brazil outlines new plan to slow Amazon destruction
Associated Press WriterSAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) _ Brazil plans to boost spending and programs to significantly slow destruction of the Amazon rain forest by 2017, aiming to reduce global warming by slashing the amount of carbon dioxide emitted when trees are burned. The plan...Tags: Forests, Global Change, Natural Resources, Forestry and Timber, Global Warming
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Job-search sites expand features to meet rising demand
The Wall Street JournalUnemployment in the U.S. has hit a 14-year high as companies cut back. That has sent masses of laid-off workers flocking to the Web in search of opportunities -- and job sites have been stepping up to meet the challenge. New job sites with names like...Tags: LinkedIn Corp., Wages and Pensions, Google Inc., Diamond Bar, General Electric Company
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Sending spam in Israel could mean a big fine; Spammers may be sued for $250 per message
JERUSALEM (AP) _ Israel has gotten fed up with spam. Anyone who sends out messages without receiving the recipient's consent can now be slapped with a big fine. Last June, a new law gave solicitors six months to ask prospective clients if they wanted... -
Angela Bassett and Eric McCormack will announce SAG Award noms
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe Screen Actors Guild may have called for a strike vote, but the Screen Actors Guild Awards -- or at least the nominations -- are going on. FOR THE RECORD: The Screen Actors Guild Awards will be held whether the guild votes to strike or not. Oscar-...Tags: West Hollywood, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Angela Bassett, ER, Celebrity
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Appeals court wants narrowed ruling against Qualcomm over Internet video patents
NEW YORK (AP) _ A federal appeals court ruled Monday that a lower court went too far in ordering that two Qualcomm Inc. patents be held to be unenforceable. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit agreed with the lower court that Qualcomm was...Tags: Broadcom Corp., Local Authority, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Qualcomm Inc., Court Administration
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Criminalizing Web use
Surfing the Internet carries all sorts of minor hazards, including pop-up ads, vitriolic bloggers and time-wasting videos. As of last week, it also carries one that is anything but minor: the threat of criminal prosecution. That's the implication of...Tags: Google Inc., MySpace, Online, Breach of Contract, Corporate Crime
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Spam has meatier role in our lives
Some things should never make a comeback: the Yugo, Celebrity Boxing with Tonya Harding and Danny Bonaduce, the lime-green pantsuit Hillary Clinton wore on her first campaign swing through Iowa. I put Spam on the no-comeback list, too. Yet now comes...Tags: Hillary Clinton, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Armed Forces, Hamburgers, Defense
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Internet is a trove of trivia about Casey Anthony case
Sentinel Staff WriterLooking for a video about Casey Anthony? You can find hundreds on YouTube. Want the latest Anthony news? Google says it has more than 7 million search results. Since her case made national headlines in July, more Americans have googled Anthony's name on...Tags: Casey Anthony, Murder, Nicole Kidman, The Addams Family, Google Inc.
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